News tagged with fossil teeth
Weird Australian hammer-tooth marsupial fossil found
(PhysOrg.com) -- Fossils of bizarre lizard-like, snail-eating marsupials have been discovered by UNSW palaeontologists in an ancient fossil field in the Riversleigh World Heritage area in Queensland. The fossils ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Apr 20, 2011 |
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Odd Mosaic of Dental Features Reveals Undocumented Primate
(PhysOrg.com) -- It's in the teeth. An odd mosaic of dental features recently unearthed in northern Egypt reveals a previously undocumented, highly-specialized primate called Nosmips aenigmaticus that lived ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 10, 2010 |
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53 million-year-old high Arctic mammals wintered in darkness
(PhysOrg.com) -- Ancestors of tapirs and ancient cousins of rhinos living above the Arctic Circle 53 million years ago endured six months of darkness each year in a far milder climate than today that featured ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jun 01, 2009 |
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Ancient teeth raise new questions about the origins of modern man
Eight small teeth found in a cave near Rosh Haain, central Israel, are raising big questions about the earliest existence of humans and where we may have originated, says Binghamton University anthropologist ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Feb 09, 2011 |
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These crocs were made for chewing? Mammal-like crocodile fossil found in East Africa (w/ Video)
Fossils of an ancient crocodile with mammal-like teeth have been discovered in the Rukwa Rift Basin of Tanzania, scientists report in this week's issue of the journal Nature. The unusual creature is changi ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Aug 04, 2010 |
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Plesiosaur a victim of shark attack
(PhysOrg.com) -- An 85 million-year-old plesiosaur fossil has been found with over 80 shark's teeth, suggesting the animal was the victim of sharks in a feeding frenzy. The find is perhaps the most spectacular example of ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 06, 2009 |
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Scientists study hands of fearsome, meat-eating dinosaur
(PhysOrg.com) -- 66 million years ago, the fearsome, meat-eating dinosaur Majungasaurus crenatissimus prowled the semi-arid lowlands of Madagascar. Its powerful jaws bristled with bladelike teeth, and its st ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Jan 11, 2012 |
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Study Pits Man v Machine in Piecing Together 425-Million Years Old Jigsaw
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study pitting academic expertise against a computer in recreating a 425 million-year old jigsaw puzzle has discovered that there is no substitute for wisdom born out of experience.
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Nov 16, 2009 |
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Tiny teeth are new mouse species, a rare 'living fossil'
(PhysOrg.com) -- Tiny fossil teeth discovered in Inner Mongolia are a new species of birch mouse, indicating that ancestors of the small rodent are much older than previously reported, according to paleontologist ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
May 24, 2011 |
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Teeth study shows big dinosaurs trekked for food
What did giant plant-munching dinosaurs do when they couldn't find enough to eat in the parched American West? They hit the road. An analysis of fossilized teeth adds further evidence that the long-necked ...
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Oct 26, 2011 |
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Ancient meat-loving predators survived for 35 million years
A species of ancient predator with saw-like teeth, sleek bodies and a voracious appetite for meat survived a major extinction at a time when the distant relatives of mammals ruled the earth.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Dec 06, 2011 |
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Not just skin deep -- CT study of early humans reveals evolutionary relationships
CT scans of fossil skull fragments may help researchers settle a long-standing debate about the evolution of Africa's Australopithecus, a key ancestor of modern humans that died out some 1.4 million years ...
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Sep 19, 2011 |
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Archaeologists discover saber-toothed vegetarian
Surprised scientists have discovered the remains of a saber-toothed vegetarian.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Mar 24, 2011 |
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New research suggests right-handedness prevailed 500,000 years ago
(PhysOrg.com) -- Research by University of Kansas professor David Frayer shows that distinctive markings on fossilized teeth correlate to the right or left-handedness of individual prehistoric humans.
Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils
Apr 19, 2011 |
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When African animals hit the hay: Fossil teeth show who ate what and when as grasses emerged
Fossil teeth of African animals show that during the past 10 million years, different plant-eating critters began grazing on grass at different times as many switched from a salad-bar diet of tree leaves and ...
Apr 04, 2011 |
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